Handy, Robert Watts

Handy was raised on a farm bordering the Missouri River in southwest Iowa during the Depression and WWII. He was physically disabled by cardiovascular disease at age 15 and was one of the first survivors of aortic coarctation surgery. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree, his professional career spanned 42 years as admissions counselor at Doane College, program director of the Nebraska Union, University of Nebraska in Lincoln, director of University Center and Student Activities, University of Missouri in Kansas City, director of University Center and Auxiliary Enterprises, Southern Illinois Un...